Thursday, Week 1

We got our building permit and number on Tuesday and needed to get it put up. The inspector was understanding on Tuesday night, but I really wanted to get it put up before he came back. I had scheduled another inspection for Thursday afternoon, so I stayed up way too late on Wednesday making our sign. I had passed so many signs that were just hurried and spray painted on plywood that I wanted to have some fun with our sign.

Here's my first attempt.Nathan looked at it and said that he thought it could use some bigger flowers. So, here's the finished sign up on the fence. I'd have to agree that the bigger flowers are good. On Thursday afternoon when my inspector came by, he said that he loved it. He said he might even take a picture to let people coming in to apply for a building permit know the new standard. I thought that was funny. I had fun with it.Nathan made a permit holder so our permit wouldn't get destroyed out in the weather. He had me put letters on it so the inspector would know what it was. I had to do them pink. :)Thursday was a CRAZY day!! So, I didn't get any pictures during the day. I don't even think I was home for more than about 20 minutes all day. But, I did get pictures of the end of the day. This is the new view out my front door.Looking straight on.And off to the left.And off to the right.Here's a view from outside.And a front view of the house.

My day started with going to town to get some stuff to do my friend's hair and look at some bathroom fixtures that a guy advertised were about half price. Then I had to hurry home to volunteer in Owen's class, come home for a few minutes and go back to school to get the kids to take Jo to the dentist. Crazy day, but we did end up getting a lot of stuff for the bathroom downstairs. We got a toilet, pedastal sink, faucets for both the tub and sink, two towel hooks, a shelf for the bathroom, and doorknobs for all of our outside doors (that actually all use the same key - something that we haven't had since we moved into the house).

I didn't want to unpack everything before we were ready to use it, so here is everything in the boxes. I'm excited to find good deals on things that we need. They were for a really good price.

When the inspector came on Thursday night, he said that he was really impressed with our concrete guys. He said that they had gone over and above what the code said that they should do. I know that I've been impressed with them, but it was nice to see that the inspector was impressed with them, too.